North Syracuse, NY - Anyone who lives in the North Syracuse Central School District can find out what's happening in the schools by signing up for North Syracuse Connect, the district's e-mail and text messaging alert system.

The district has notified parents of school events, and sent electronic newsletters and announcements for the last three years. "As technology continues to rapidly improve and becomes the preferred method of receiving information in a timely manner, the district encourages the entire community to take advantage of its capabilities," according to a district news release.

By providing one or more e-mail addresses and/or a cell phone number, parents, residents, staff and community members can select the types of messages they'd like to receive. There is no charge for the service and users can unsubscribe at any time.

North Syracuse school officials say the system began as another way for the district to communicate with parents and the com­munity.

“North Syracuse Connect is a great tool because it gives us an additional method of reaching parents and others in order to communicate time-sensitive information,” School Superintendent Jerome F. Melvin said in a news release. “We’ll still communicate in the way we have in the past using phone calls, letters home, the media and the district website, but this will be just one more way to reach the public.”

Anyone who subscribes will receive e-mail messages from noreply@cnyric.org. Alerts are sent through an automated system so recipients should not respond to the messages by using “reply” or “reply to” e-mail options. Alerts will typically contain a brief description of the news item in the message’s subject line, according to district officials.

For more information about North Syracuse Connect or to receive a brochure, contact North Syracuse Central School District Director of Technology Christopher Nelson at cnelson@nscsd.org or (315) 218-2130.